Railway metal tie



C. BRADLEY.

RAILWAY METAL TIE APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG 25 1919 Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

IN VEN TOR.

WITNESS:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cnAn ns BRADLEY, OEDENVER, oononAno.

RAILWAY-METAL-TIE APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Aug. 16', 1921.

' Application filed August 25, 1919. Serial No. 319,813.

Improvements in Railway-Metal-Tie Appliances; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which-it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings like characters indicate like parts.

" The object of the invention is to provide a substitute for wooden ties, which may be used with entire safety to rolling stock.

Briefly, the invention comprises a hollow metal tie adapted to receive wooden cushions, upon which the rails rest directly. The

'tie is provided with tongues which project to engage the, base of the rail on both sides.

One tongue for each rail is mounted on a plate slidably retained on the tie, means being provided for securing the plate in railengaging position.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view with the middle portion of the tie brokenaway.

F ig. 2 is a side'elevatlon of the showing in Fig.1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the bottom of the tie.

Fig. 5 'is a plan of the base-engaging tongue used on the inside of one of the rails.

The tie in general is hollow and rectangular in cross section. The side walls 2 are spaced by partitions 3, one of which is located adjacent each end of the tie. Between the walls 3 the tie is provided with an integral top, thereby forming a rectangular space 6 in themiddle of the tie. The spaces beyond the partitions 3 are open at the top and ends, and are adapted to receive wooden blocks 7, which form cushions for the rails.

In Fig. 2 the side of the tie at one end is shown broken away directly in front of the block 7 to indicate the position of the latter. The block 7 extends slightly above the tops of the walls 2, where the rails 5 are located, in order that the rails may rest directly upon the line w-a,

the blocks or cushions 7 the tops of said walls 2.

A slidableplate 8 is positioned above each block 7 and the inner end thereof has an extending tongue which engages the rail-base as indicated at 9. Oneof the rails is held on its inner sideby means of an integral tongue 10. Each plate 8 is retained by means of latwithout engaging .erally extending guides 11, around which the edges 1520f the plates 8 are bent in order that said plates 8 may slide upon thetie, but will nothave movement vertically'from'the tie. When the plates 8 are slid into engaging position, they are held against longitudinal movement by means of keepers 4, vertically disposed at the ends of the tie and retained in retaining position by means of keybolts 24.

The rail opposite from that held by the integral tongue 10 has the inner side of its base retained. by means of a slidable tongue 13, whose innermost end is equipped with an upstanding handle piece 14:, for manipulating the same. The ends of this tongue 13 extend beyond the handle piece as indicated at 15, and are positioned beneath overianging ears 16, integral with the tie 2. By this means the tongue 13 is slidably guided by said ears 16. When positioned in railengaging relation, the tongue 13 may be retained in said position by means of a bolt 17, passing transversely of the tie and through both of the cars 16.

blocks 7 and fitted under the integral tongue 10, that it will be firmly held when the corresponding plate 8 is slid into engaging position. Likewise, when the tongue 13 and the corresponding plate 8 are slid into position and fixed,the other rail will be firmly held. The device by this construction will permit free movement of the rail during contraction and expansion thereof under temperature changes. The wooden cushions 7 may be proportioned to fit the cavities at the ends of the tie and have waterproofing composition applied to the cushions around the walls thereof.

I claim:

1. A rail support, comprising a tie, a tongue on the tie to engage one side of the base of a rail, a slidable plate having a tongue to engage the other side of the rail base, guides for said slidable plate, said plate extending to the end of the tie, and vertically-disposed means on the end of the tie engaging the end of the plate to retain the plate with its tongue engaging said base.

2. A rail support, comprising a tie, a tongue on the tie to engage one side of the base of a rail, a slidable plate having a tongue to engage the other side of the rail base, guides for said slidable plate, said plate being inclined and extending to the end of the top, and means to retain the plate with its tongue engaging said base.

3. In combination, a tie, a rail thereon, a tongue on the tie to engage one side of the base of the rail, a slidable plate inclined downward toward the end of the tie and having a tongue to engage the other side of the base, guides for said slidable plate, said plate extending to the end of the tie, and

vertically-disposed means on the end of the tie engaging the end of the plate toretain the plate with its tongue in engagement with said base, and a wooden cushion positioned in a cavity beneath said rail, upon which said rail is adapted to rest.

4. In combination, a tie, a rail thereon, a tongue on the tie to engage one side of the base of the rail, said tongue being slidably mounted on the tie and slidable into engagement with one side of the base of the rail, means to hold the tongue in engagement with the rail, a slidable plate having a tongue to engage the other side of the rail base, guides for the slidable plate, said plate extending to the end of the tie, and vertically-disposed means on the end of the tie engaging the end of the plate to retain the plate with its tongue in engagement with said base.

CHAR-LES BRADLEY. 

